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(No Model.) 7 6 Sheets-Sheet"; 1. O; T. WORDS WORTH, E. WISEMAN 8:, J. HOLROYD;

MOTOR WORKED BY HYDROUARBON OR OTHER GASES.

No. 589,108. Patented Aug. 31 1897.

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Patented Aug. 31,1897.

0. T. WORDSWORTH, E. WISEMAN & HOLROYD.

MOTOR BY HYDROGARBON OR OTHER GASE$- N0. 589,108.-

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MOTOR WORKED BY HYDROOARBON OR OTHER GA$ES. No. 589,108. Patented Aug.. 3l, 1897.

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0. T. WORDSWORTH, E. .WISEMAN & J. HOLROYD.

MOTOR WORKED BY HYDROGA'RBON OR OTHER GASES.

Patented Aug. 31, 1897.

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No. 589,108. Patented Aug. 31, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT irrr cn- CHRISTOPHER THOMAS \VORDSVORTH, OF MANCHESTER, EDMUND \VISE:

MAN, OF LUTON, AND JOHN HOLROYD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MOTOR WORKED B Y HYQDROCARBON OR OTHER- GA-SES.

SPECIFICATION refinin part'of Letters Patent No. 589,108, dated August 31, 1897.

Application filed'Nqve nber 23,1896; SerialNo.61S,176. (N model.)

T 0 ELZZ whom, it may concern: 'leum or like fuel is introduced at 4 by means 'Be it known that we, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS hereinafter described, and it meets air drawn 'WORDSWORTH, residing at 4 Corporation from one or other of the compressed-air res- Street, Manchester, inthe county of Lancas ervoirs 5, located beneath the cylinders and 5 ter, EDMUND WIsEMAN, residing at Cheap extending transversely across the machine. side, Lu-ton, in the county of' Bedford, and Air passes from the reservoirs through valves JOHN HOLROYD, residing at 13 AlleynTer- 6 (indicated in Fig. 1 and shown on a larger race, Park Road, est Dulwich, London, in scale in Fig. 8) and enters by the'passages 6 the county of- Surrey, England, engineers, into the annular passages 7 in the cylinder- 10 subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have covers. In each cover the airineets the charge invented certain new and useful Improveof petroleum and the two pass together into ments in Motors WVo'rked by Hydrocarbon or the other annular passage 8, which leads them other Gases, of which the following isa specito the under side of the admission-valve 9, as fication. 3 j a shown in Fig. 5. After passing the admissionr 5 This invention relates especially to motors valve the charge reaches the cavity 1O in the to be worked bythe combustion within them cast-iron button 10 .'and issues by a series of of the vapor of a hydrocarbon liquid, such as perforations, as seen in Fig. 5 into the champetroleum, and to means for'controllin'g the ber 11. At the outer end of this chamber the transmission of power developed by such moexhaust-valve 12 is situated, and this being 2o tor. The subject-matter deemed novel is closed at the time that the charge is injected hereinafter-claimed. the charge passes through the central passage In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is of the button 10 into the cylinder. As the pisa side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is ton moves along the cylinder it sucks in the a plan. Fig. 3 is an end'elevation, and Fig. charge until the admission-valve closes and 25 4 is a transverse section on the line C D of then the piston passes over the port 13 inthe Fig; 2. Figs. 5 to 14 are detail views.- These side of the cylinder and allows compressed air, figures showa four cylinder engine conwhich is stored in the reservoir 5, to enter the structed in accordance with our invention. cylinder until the pressure in the capacity The four cylinders 1 1 11 are wate'r-ja'ckwhich contains the charge is nearly the same v 30 eted and are similar in construction the 'one as thatin the compressed-airreservoir. On the to the other. The pistons P are all connected return of the piston the charge, which already by their piston-rods p. to one cross-head ct, is at a pressure above atmospheric," is further which is mounted to slide in suitable guides compressed, and'lhen the heat in the walls ct. .The cross-head a is oonnectedby pitmen of the combustion-chamber, and especially in 3'5 2 2 to a crank-shaft 3, mounted in suitable the button 10, is sufficient toignite the charge. bearings in the frame and carrying a fly- The piston is now driven toward the inner end Wheel 17. a The cylinders are worked accordof the cylinder, performing work upon the ing to the Otto cycle and at any'instant the crank. During this inward stroke the piston cycle is in different phase in each cylinder. again passes overt-he port 13,placingthe outer 40 Thus during each revolution the crank reend of the cylinder in communication with ceives two impulses-one in each direction. the'airireservoir '5. The exhaust-valve. 12 The explosive charge is introduced and the now opens and air passes from the reservoir products of combustion are ejected at' the into the cylinder and drives out the products outer end ofeach cylinder. 1 of combustion, the expulsion of which is com- 9 5 45 Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show to a larger scale the pleted by the return of thepiston. During cylinder-cover, in which the passages for the the movements of the pistons air is. comintroduction of the charge and the'ejection pressed by them into thelreseryoirs 55. of the spent gases are located. Fig. 5 is a The inner ends of each pair of cylinders are longitudinal section of the cover, Fig. 6 a connected by pipesd with a suction-valve14c, 5c transverse section on the line A B in Fig. 7, the details of which are shown in Fig. 9. As and Fig. 7 is a plan. The charge of I petrothe pistons travel outward air enters through these valves into the cylinders. On the return of the pistons this airis compressed and it enters the reservoir by the port 13.

The feed and exhaust valves are actuated in the following manner: A skew-wheel upon the crank-shaft 3, engaging with another skew-wheel c, drives the horizontal longitudinal shaft 16, which revolves at one-half the speed of the crank-shaft. The shaft 16 has upon it an eccentric 16 (see Fig. at each end, which, by connections, as shown, imparts a rocking movement to the lever 17, the

ends of which alternately lift the spindlesf of the exhaust-valves 12, which are of ordinary construction. The same eccentric also aciuates another rocking lever 18, which in a similar manner opens the admission-valves 9 9, which are normally held closed by springs g. The admission-valves are, however, further controlled by a governor 19, and when the balls of the governor rise they, bya suitable connection, (indicated at 71,) lift the inner ends of the toggle-levers 2O 20. These toggle-levers are jointed to pushers 21 21, which are jointed prolongations of the stems of the admission-valves 9. The pushers are thus thrown into an inclined position, such that they are out of the reach of the rocking lever 18. So long as the speed remains excessive the lever 18 misses the pushers 21, and no charge is admitted to the cylinders.

Figs. 10 and 11 show the apparatus by which the petroleum is measured out in suitable quantities before it enters the engine through the pipes 4. 22 is a reservoir to which the petroleum is admitted continuously bya pipe 23 from a rotary pump, such as is shown by Figs. 12 and 13. 24- is an overflow-pipe by which any excess of the oil returns to the tank in which the pump is situate. 25 is a conical measuring-plug. It fits into a corresponding shell 25 and has a passage 26 through it of a capacity to hold the required charge of petroleum. 26 is a vent-pipe open at the upper end to the atmosphere, and 27 is apipe communicating with a small resvervoir, (not shown,) into which air is forced by a pump. The plug 25 receives motion through a small are by connection with any moving part of the engine. This movement brings the passage 26 in the plug to correspond with a port 50, by which the petroleum enters and fills the passage and may fill up a certain distance into the vent-pipe 26. Then another movement of the plug brings the passage 26 through it to correspond with ports 51 52, and by the compressed air from the pipe 27 the charge of petroleum in the passage 26 is blown out through the port 26 and through the pipet into the engine, as before explained. 28 is an ordinary stop-cock to shut off the supply of oil when the engine is out of use.

The action of the rotary pump shown by Figs. 12 and 18 will be readily understood. The pump is arranged in a tank 53, containin g the hydrocarbon liquid. 29 is a revolving block which is fitted into the cylindrical chamber 30. On one side of the block and between it and the cylinder is a cavity 30 The petroleum enters this cavity at 31 through a strainer 31 when the block is in a suitable position and fills the cavity. The springslide 32, resting against the edge of the block, prevents the charge in the cavity from being carried around with the block, and the charge is delivered through the pipe 33, through which pipe it connects with the port 23 in the measuring apparatus. (Shown in Fig. 10.) It will thus be understood that the petroleum is taken from a tank, supplied to a measuring apparatus, which in turn supplies it in regulated quantities to the engine. 3i is a packing-piece in the block 2.).

The apparatus may be somewhat modified without departing from our invention. As a substitute for the ports 13 in the sides of the cylinders 11, valves 35 may be provided on the pistons P. These valves open toward the outer ends of the cylinders and are arranged to allow the compressed air to pass from the reservoir 5 into the working end of the cylinders whenever the pressure in the reservoir sut'ficiently preponderates.

Chamber 36 may be provided in connection with the annular passage 8 to store a small quantity of combustible vapor to supply a burner, if required. A passage 8 for connecting the passage 8 with the chamber 36 is shown in Fig. 6. The ignition on starting the engine may be provided for by fitting into the side of the combustion-chamber a metal tube 37, closed at its outer end. This tube, when required, is heated red hot by the flame of a lamp, which, after the engine is started, is no longer required.

Instead of water-jacketing the cylinders throughout their entire length the waterjacket may be confined to the hotter end of the cylinder, and the rest of the length of the cylinder may be enveloped by a spiral passage in which the air circulates before it reaches the compressed-air reservoir. This arrangement is shown by Fig. 14, which is a section of one of the cylinders to a larger scale. 40 is a water-jacket, and 11 a spiral air-passage which the air enters by the pipe -12, being drawn in by the pistons past a valve, such as shown at Fig. 9. The air passes through the spiral passage, cools the cylinder, and then it reaches the reservoir 5 and the inner ends of the cylinder.

\Vhat we claim is- 1. The combination of a cylinder, its piston, the air-reservoir, a portin the side of the cylinder connecting with a passage leading to the reservoir, an air-admission valve in the cylinder, and means for reciprocating the piston to compress air into the reservoir and to uncover the port in the side of the cylinder thereby permitting the compressed air to enter and mingle with the charge in the cylin der and thus increase the density of the charge, substantially as described.

2. In a hydrocarbon-motor the combination of the Working cylinder, the inlet valve,

means for operating it, the piston and means for admitting air under pressure to the Working cylinder immediately after the charge of hydrocarbon vapor has been drawn into the cylinder and the inlet-valve is'closed.

3. The feeding appliance for hydrocarbonmotors, consisting of the combination of a vessel kept constantly full of the liquid fuel, a plug with a measuring-passage of suitable capacity formed in it, a shell containing the plug and provided with ports communicating respectively With the interior of the vessel, an open vent-tube, a pipe supplying air under pressure, and a pipe which delivers the charge to the cylinder of the engine. 4:. Inahydrocarbon-motor the combination of the cylinder a heated chamber at one end 

